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Wheaton '83: An International Evangelical Conference on the Nature and Mission of the Church.

 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 584 Papers of Thomas F. Zimmerman

 Collection
Identifier: CN 584
Scope and Contents Audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, speeches, and other materials related toThomas F. Zimmerman's leadership in a number of conservative American Protestant organizations and evangelistic efforts. The bulk of the collection relates to his involvement in the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization both internationally and in the United States, but there is also information on his work with the 1985 American Festival of Evangelism...
Dates: Created: 1955-1990

David M. Howard, Sr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates: Created: 1968-1993

Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN-165
Brief Description Executive Directors' (Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, Paul McKaughan) files of the EFMA. The association of denominational and nondenominational foreign missions boards began as a commission of the National Association of Evangelicals to serve common interests of members in government relations (domestic and foreign); use of communication channels; cooperative purchasing/travel; and relations between each other. The collection is subdivided into thirteen parts: 1. Correspondence and General...
Dates: Created: 1937-1996

Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented, among them those related to the theoretical, theological, or practical aspects of the missionary enterprise, such as missionary aviation, the education of future missionaries, theological...
Dates: Created: 1934-1983, undated

Lausanne Movement Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 046
Brief Description Correspondence, minutes, memos, reports, manuscripts of speeches, press releases, newsletters, staff manuals, audio and video tapes of sponsored events, photographs of events and personnel, and other administrative materials of the Lausanne Movement, originally called the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The Committee grew out of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization. Its basic doctrinal statement was the Lausanne Covenant and it had the mission Ato encourage...
Dates: Created: 1949, 1969-2014

Prison Fellowship Ministries Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 274
Brief Description Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents.  Persons featured included those...
Dates: Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated

TEAM archives, fifth accession, Boxes 183-270.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 88, Box: 183-270
Identifier: 2022-017
Dates: 1897-2014

Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates: Created: 1919 -2001

Wheaton '83 Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 598
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers, case studies, minutes, participant evaluations, and other documents relating to the planning, holding and follow-up of Wheaton '83, an international, evangelical conference exploring the nature and mission of the global church. The meeting was sponsored by the World Evangelical Fellowship and other organizations. It consisted of three simultaneous consultations which dealt with the local church, evangelism across frontiers, and Christian response to human need.

Dates: Created: 1975-1984, undated

World Evangelical Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF in 1951 to foster fellowship, cooperation, and communication between evangelical national and regional associations around the world; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many...
Dates: Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986

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Type
Collection 9
Unprocessed Material 1
 
Subject
Evangelicalism. 7
Christian leadership. 6
Evangelicalism -- United States. 6
Evangelistic work. 6
Fund raising. 6
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Religious institutions. 6
Evangelistic work -- Congresses. 5
Interdenominational cooperation. 5
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 5
Church and state. 4
Ecumenical movement. 4
Evangelicalism -- North America. 4
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 4
Fundamentalism. 4
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 4
Missions -- Biblical teaching. 4
Missions -- Congresses. 4
Missions to Muslims. 4
Organizational change. 4
Pentecostalism. 4
Persecution. 4
Christian literature -- Publishing. 3
Christianity and culture. 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church and state -- United States. 3
College students in missionary work. 3
Communism. 3
Corporations, Religious. 3
Counseling. 3
Evangelicalism -- Africa. 3
Evangelicalism -- Asia. 3
Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Catholic Church. 3
Evangelicalism -- South America. 3
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 3
Indigenous church administration. 3
Interdenominational cooperation -- United States. 3
Management. 3
Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
Mass media in religion. 3
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Missions -- Study and teaching. 3
Missions. 3
Social change. 3
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
Christian education. 2
Christian literature -- Publishing -- United States. 2
Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
Christianity and other religions. 2
Church -- Biblical teaching. 2
Church and social problems -- Congresses. 2
Church work with students -- United States. 2
Church work with students. 2
Communication -- Congresses. 2
Communication. 2
Community development. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
Conversion -- Christianity. 2
Corporations, Religious -- Taxation -- United States. 2
Corporations, Religious -- Taxation. 2
Discipling (Christianity) 2
Ecumenical movement -- Congresses. 2
Evangelicalism -- Australia. 2
Evangelistic work -- Africa. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- Europe. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Independent churches -- United States. 2
International relief. 2
Journalism, Religious. 2
Liberalism (Religion) 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
Missions -- Administration. 2
Missions -- Africa. 2
Missions -- Asia. 2
Missions -- Central America. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Colombia. 2
Missions -- Europe. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- North America. 2
Missions -- South America. 2
Missions -- Theory. 2
Organizational change -- United States. 2
Persecution -- Colombia. 2
Personnel management. 2
Prayer. 2
Presidents 2
Radio in missionary work. 2
Radio in religion. 2
Short-term missions. 2
Theology -- Congresses. 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
Women in missionary work. 2
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